WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Sept. 17 order accompanying redacted versions of two previously issued rulings, a U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) judge held that under the U.S. PATRIOT Act, certain requests for business records of telephone service providers by the Federal Bureau of Investigation are "lawful and required" and do not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (In Re: Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things, No. BR 13-109, FISC).